The Chicago Tribune confirms that Christmas is creeping up earlier this year as skittish retailers try to stay ahead of the ever-crescendoing non-recession. Walgreens, Kohls, and Home Depot were all singled out for defying the calendar, but blame also belongs with consumers who fuel seasonal ignorance with their buying choices. Chandra Greer, owner of a luxury paper store in Old Town, decided to jump on the Christmas creep bandwagon for the first time this year. She held a holiday sale last weekend, offering markdowns of 25... lire la suite
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It's bad enough when people send us pictures of Halloween decorations mixed in with Christmas ones, but a "Halloween Tree"? What the hell is a "Halloween Tree? Wikipedia says The Halloween Tree is a novel by Ray Bradbury, but somehow I don't think this is what he had in mind. Maybe the Halloween decorations are mating with the Christmas trees?
If you thought that you could avoid Christmas Creep by staying out of stores — think again. It's annoying you on the radio as well. Reader Matt says: I'm probably one of the biggest fans of the Christmas holiday on the planet but the spirit isn't typically shown after Thanksgiving.
The Chicago Tribune confirms that Christmas is creeping up earlier this year as skittish retailers try to stay ahead of the ever-crescendoing non-recession. Walgreens, Kohls, and Home Depot were all singled out for defying the calendar, but blame also belongs with consumers who fuel seasonal ignorance with their buying choices.
An anonymous reader, who works at a certain bookstore, says that her manager started playing Christmas music a week before Halloween. and on Halloween itself. My manager began playing Christmas music the week before Halloween. I've had numerous customers come up to me and complain.
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Halloween is about a month away, but it's too late to start thinking about that now. You've got Christmas crap to buy! Reader Aaron says: Today I was in Rite Aid in Bellport, NY with my wife getting her prescription filled. When we walked down an aisle, I was greeted by a nice, long display of Christmas decorations and items to purchase!
Reader Kelly wants to let us know that July isn't too early for a candle store at her local mall to start its Christmas marketing push. Last night during a leisurely stroll through the mall, I happened to snap a shot of the Christmas Creep in a storefront window. And it's only July! The picture is pretty crappy — I took it with my Blackberry, but I thought I would share it anyway.
Reader Scott says he spotted some nasty summertime Christmas Creep in the free NYC area paper "Metro". Apparently the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular is under the impression that "Christmas is right around the corner. In August. the show starts it's run on November 7th!
Reader Sam writes in to let us know he found some Christmas Creep at a Michaels craft store. He sent along some pictures he took in early August, 142 days before Christmas. Check out the full set here (caption has a bad word). Have you seen some Christmas Creep? Tell us about it at tips@consumerist.
We thought Hobby Lobby's August Christmas trees might be the height of this season's Christmas Creep, but wow were we wrong. Garden Ridge is striving to be a one-stop panacea for all your summer Christmas needs. They're already stocking Christmas trees, ornaments, lights, snowy yard inflatables, and what looks like a snow toboggan complete with Tigger, Winnie The Pooh, and everybody's favorite Christmas downer, Eeyore!
Reader James says he spotted this Christmas-themed wrapping paper lurking on the top shelf at Walgreens, waiting to strike. Most agree that AFTER Thanksgiving should be the start of the CHRISTMAS season, but this idea has been lost on retail for a long, long time. I spotted this wrapping paper at Walgreens, and although its on the unreachable top shelf and probably just overflow from the stock room, I definitely think it qualifies.
Reader Meg says that she saw this sign at KB Toys in New Jersey and just had to go back and take a picture. She's wondering why we can't have Halloween anymore without mentioning Christmas. Meg says: It really disturbs me. Pumpkins should NOT wear Santa hats, and little candy corns should NOT mingle with Christmas trees!
Reader Darascon spotted this lovely example of summertime Christmas Creep at his local Costco. Was walking through my local Gaithersburg, MD Costco shopping for my 55 gal drum of mayo when I spotted the creep. Now America's cries for 100 yard bolts of wrapping paper and 50 yard rolls of ribbon have been answered.
Christmas Creep is mutating. First, we were alerted to the existence of "Halloween Trees" that appear to grow out of a fake human skull and feature festive orange lights. Now, reader Courtney introduces us to "Halloween Egg Nog. The photo was taken at HyVee grocery store in Kansas City, MO.
Why is Hobby Lobby selling Christmas Trees in August? WHY? We can understand the tinsel and countdowns, maybe, but ! Christmas trees? This picture comes from Hutchinson, Kansas where it will be 92 degrees on Friday. We called Hobby Lobby for an explanation. A disarmingly unseasonal saleswoman explained that all Hobby Lobby locations now sell Christmas trees.
Deck the halls, folks! Reader Raphael sends in this photo of a Target in Brooklyn, NY. A few rows of Halloween, and then, wham! A row of Christmas. Note the Domo Halloween posters. Halloween? What's that? Photo:
Reader Lee says, The Lowe's in Cary, NC already has Christmas decorations up. Right next to the Halloween decorations. Argh! It's not even the MLB post-season yet!
Back to school supplies? Halloween decorations? Depressing! Instead, focus on the distant future with this grossly unseasonal timepiece, a perfect gift for oblivious retail merchandisers and the counting impaired. Thanks, Target! and Heather!
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